Gertrude+Gaesswitz


 * SUMMARY: Gertrude Gaesswitz, age 27, died on February 8, 1934 in Chicago after an abortion perpetrated by Dr. Lou E. Davis.**

Dr. Lou E. Davis was tried three times for the February 8, 1934 abortion death of 27-year-old Gertrude Gaesswitz.

The first trial resulted in a hung jury, the second in an overturned conviction. Davis was acquitted in the third trial.

Davis was implicated in five other Chicago abortion deaths:
 * September, 1913, 27-year-old Anna Adler
 * April, 1924, 26-year-old Mary Whitney
 * November, 1928, 22-year-old Anna Borndal
 * December, 1928, 23-year-old Esther V. Wahlstrom
 * May, 1932, 24-year-old Irene Kirschner

Sources:
 * "Third Abortion Trial Begun for Dr. Lou E. Davis," //Chicago Tribune//, Apr. 2, 1937
 * "Woman Freed in 3D Abortion Murder Trial," //Chicago Tribune//, Apr. 4, 1937